Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 7/7/12

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:32:20 +0000

Why would you send him back to AA? So he can dominate with his fastball again? He needs to be at a place where he can develop his pitches and where he can’t get away with mistakes. The reason he had such good stats before is he was able to get away with not having a good curveball and change-up. He has to be at a level where there is actual feedback from mistakes.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:22:18 +0000

Touche.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:55:41 +0000

If ou were getting shelled the last place you’d want to be would be on the mound also.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:55:45 +0000

I am not understanding playing him in LF…you really need an insane bat to play there. Garcia is a nice athlete with a good bat and a solid arm. He and Piscotty are the pro prospects at QC. They should be playing the tougher defensive positions that they are suited for.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:06:23 +0000

I was at the game in Memphis on Saturday, and I have been firmly in the “not concerned about Shelby” camp….. Until Saturday. More concerning to me than the outing is his mindset: Warner walked onto the field to pull Shelby from the game, and before he made it to the mound, Shelby started walking towards him to give Warner the ball. Warner took it, and yelled to Shelby “don’t ever walk off the mound before I get there.”

THAT type of attitude/behavior worries me. Even durning the game, Shelby’s body language screamed “I’d rather be anywhere else.”

By: jjray

jjray — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:44:53 +0000

Error correction … “returns to AAA in 2013 as a 23 year old” should be “22 year old”.

By: jjray

jjray — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:41:03 +0000

>>Why? … Demoting him would just seem like punishment.<<

Depends on your philosophy. Leaving him in AAA to keep getting pounded is also a form of punishment. He is 21 in AAA. Things are not working out. With any young player, and even more so a young starting pitcher, you are managing the fragile psyche as well as physical being. You don't want him to go too long without tasting success. One view is to just let him struggle and either sink or swim in AAA. Another is that the safer developmental path would be to figure he has had enough at AAA for 2012 and ship him back to dominate the Texas League again. I'd imagine that he is so out of whack that he won't even dominate the Texas League immediately if demoted. Once he regains his footing there in 2012, then he returns to AAA in 2013 as a 23 year old knowing what lies ahead for him at that level. He'll be better prepared to make the necessary adjustments after having gone through it the year before.

I think the organization had hoped Shelby would master AAA in 2012 and, thus, be ready to contribute to the big club in 2013. I would put that thought out of mind for now. The emergence of Joe Kelly helps with that problem. Also, promoting Rosenthal this season puts him in position to help the big club in 2013 instead of Miller if Rosenthal is adjust to AAA during the remainder of the 2012 season.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:49:56 +0000

This really surprises me. For some reason I’ve had the impression that Garcia was a good hitter without a natural defensive position. I don’t know how I got that idea, but I’m glad I was mistaken.

After watching OT last night in the Futures Game, I’m thinking he might be more of a left fielder down the road (when the position opens up, which of course won’t be anytime soon).

That first throw to third base just seemed a little off. I didn’t think he had much of a chance to get the runner, and thought the third baseman should’ve taken a step to his left to receive the ball instead of staying on the bag and letting it go past him.

But the second throw, the one that sailed past the second baseman and was ruled an error … It was just one play, but it wasn’t what I liked to see from our top prospect.

I also didn’t know what to think about that stolen base attempt. Even with a good jump he was out by a length.

Good thing he can hit!

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:57:57 +0000

I dont want to get over excited but when I saw Piscotty play Thursday and Friday as was really impressed. He will prove to be a steal in this draft. Not a freaky athelete in the Glaus/Rolen mold of linebacker 3rd basemen but good size and a better athlete than Freeze is at 3rd. The question I have is how fast can he move up. Craig, Carpenter, Freeze all took a long time to make it to the show. He needs to move faster to have a greater impact.

Garcia will play rightfield in the pros…where I said last year that Tavares doesnt have a cannon but an average arm in RF, Garcia has a cannon. Looked like a legit bat for a RF too. Dont really understand playing him in left at this level.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:36:36 +0000

The reason why I’m thinking this is the speed differential in itself is very helpful to helping keep hitters off balance. Plus he’s going to need it more for a K pitch against better competition.